The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) has produced a new webinar discussing empathy and compassion in cancer care. In their presentation, Dr. Michael Crain and Claudio Pannunzio discuss three key aspects of compassionate care: "improving patient outcomes and satisfaction, decreasing health care costs, [and] reducing workplace burnout."
To learn more and view the webinar, click here.
A new study conducted by the American Cancer Society indicates that "non-Hispanic Black individuals diagnosed with a second primary cancer experienced 21% higher cancer-related death rates and 41% higher cardiovascular-related death rates compared [to] non-Hispanic White counterparts." The findings further determined that Hispanic patents with a second primary cancer has a death rate 10% higher than non-Hispanic White patients. According to lead study author Dr. Hyuna Sung, these rates were due, in part to Black and Hispanic patients being diagnosed with second primary cancer at a later stage.
To read more about this study, click here.
Study mentioned: Sung HNisotel LSedeta EIslami FJemal A. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Survival Among People With Second Primary Cancer in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(8):e2327429. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.27429
